The board announced Friday morning that Purdue will operate on a $2.3 billion dollar budget in 2019. That is down from a$2.4 billion budget Purdue operated on in the 2018 fiscal year.

The budget includes $2.1 billion of expenditures at the West Lafayette Campus, $160 million at Purdue Northwest and $153 million at Fort Wayne.

The 2019 budget includes the previously approved sixth year of frozen tuition at the West Lafayette campus.

The approved budget also provides for a merit salary pool of 2.5 percent at the West Lafayette campus, a 2 percent recurring merit salary pool at Purdue Northwest and a 2 percent non-recurring salary pool at Purdue Fort Wayne.

Purdue will also invest $61 million dollars into renovation projects across all of its campuses

Students attending Purdue in the 2018-19 academic year will have a lower total cost of attendance than in 2012.

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